ALCOHOL AND TEENAGERS
Small school drinking benefit
Live Science, 30 Sep 2011
Research suggests that teenagers
delay drinking alcohol if their network of friends is smaller as occurs
in small schools ..
HISTORY
War history
kit for students
Tas Govt media release, 30 Sep 2011
A discovery box developed by
Tasmania's Friends of Soldiers Memorial Avenue will be available for
schools to use in teaching about the involvement of Tasmanians in World
War 1 and local military history...
TRADE TRAINING CENTRES
More money for Trade Training Centres
Aust Govt media release, 29 Sep 2011
Disadvantaged schools will
receive priority under the next round of Trade Training Centre funding,
Federal Minister for School Education Peter Garrett said today...
ASIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM
Asian education miracle has costs
SMH, 28 Sep 2011
The Asian education system
involves rigorous discipline and single-minded dedication to
standardised testing, but the downside is stress and a lack of social
experiences...
FINANCIAL LITERACY
School banking pays dividends
The Mercury, 28 Sep 2011
Students' financial skills
benefit from seeing and saving actual cash...
TASMANIAN STUDENTS
Formula 1 robotics students praised in Parliament
Michael Ferguson website, 27 Sep 2011
Opposition education spokesman
Michael Ferguson has tabled in parliament a motion congratulating the
students who won a world title in the F1 in Schools program ...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Lost Innocents not in curriculum
The Australian, 26 Sep 2011
The Lost Innocents and Forgotten
Australians - children mistreated in care - should have their story
included in the history curriculum, a Democrats senator says...
STUDENT ATTENDANCE
War on wagging fought with technology
The Mercury, 26 Sep 2011
Tasmanian schools are using
student tracking software, text messages and email in working with
parents to tackle student absenteeism...
SOCIAL MEDIA
Teacher-student Facebook ban reversed
Reuters, 23 Sep 2011
A judge has blocked a Missouri
law that would have banned teachers from chatting with students on
Facebook and other social media sites...
TASMANIAN STUDENTS
Young Archies
student portrait competition winners announced
Tas Govt media release, 23 Sep 2011
Winning entrants have been
announced in the Young Archies portrait competition for government
school students of all grades...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Port Sorell
school gets nod
Tas Govt media release, 23 Sep 2011
Construction of a primary school
at Port Sorell has been approved...
PRAYER IN SCHOOLS
Stopping prayer leads to hate mail
The Australian, 23 Sep 2011
A school in Perth, WA, has
received hate mail after it stopped saying the Lord's Prayer at
assemblies....
TEACHERS AND EXPENSES
Tas teachers not claiming expenses to protect school budgets
The Mercury, 23 Sep 2011
Tasmanian teachers are
increasingly spending their own money in the course of doing their job...
TASMANIAN STUDENTS
Engineering
scholarships for four F1 Challenge students
Tas Govt media release, 22 Sep 2011
Four northern Tasmanian students
have been awarded scholarships to study engineering in London after
winning the Formula 1 in Schools Technology Challenge world finals....
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Stolen Generation missing from National Curriculum, say Greens
The Australian, 23 Sep 2011
There are too few references to
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives for primary school
students in the national history curriculum, the National Sorry Day
Committee and the Greens say....
HOMEWORK POLICY
Primary school homework an exercise in futility
SMH, 22 Sep 2011
Parents suffer and teachers are
wasting valuable time through homework being set for primary school
students, argues Andrew Stevenson...
READING SKILLS
Checklist pays off for reading skills
Education Week, 21 Sep 2011
A teacher has found that using a
checklist of student decoding skills dramatically benefits poor readers...
MEDIA STUDIES
Top Screen films by students on show
SMH, 21 Sep 2011
Films produced by media students
for Top Screen 2011 are being presented by the Sydney Morning Herald...
MUSIC EDUCATION
Classical
music tickets for students
Tas Govt media release, 22 Sep 2011
The Tasmanian government is
providing 150 free tickets for students to attend the MOFO/TSO classical
music sideshow...
TASMANIAN STUDENTS
RoboCup in
Hobart
Tas Govt media release, 24 Sep 2011
Hobart is host to the Australian
RoboCup Junior Open...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
$41m for online curriculum support
Aust Govt media release, 23 Sep 2011
A $41 million digital curriculum
package is designed to help teachers and students implement the
Australian Curriculum...
YEAR 12 CERTIFICATION
HSC beats vocational study
SMH, 22 Sep 2011
Students are generally worse off
if they undergo certificate training instead of the year 12 HSC, a
National Centre for Vocational Education Research report, The Vocational
Equivalent to Year 12, shows...
HOMEWORK POLICY
Parents push against traditional homework
SMH, 22 Sep 2011
Parents are exasperated by the
time needed for homework, especially where children are involved in
extra-curricular activities...
SCHOOL CLOSURES
Choosing school increases cost
The Examiner, 20 Sep 2011
A third of government school
students bypass their local school, a School Viability Reference Group
discussion paper shows...
SCHOOL CLOSURES
$80m spent for 3,000 lost students
The Mercury, 20 Sep 2011
Almost $80 million has been spent
over the last four years on infrastructure for 3,000 students no longer
enrolled, a School Viability Reference Group discussion paper states...
SCHOOL CLOSURES
A third shun local school
ABC News, 19 Sep 2011
The complicated enrolment
patterns resulting from a high number of out-of-area enrolments are
causing unsustainable school building programs in Tasmania...
TEACHERS AND TAX
No sympathy for teachers from Tax Office
SMH, 19 Sep 2011
Teachers are spending money for
the individual needs of students they are required to teach but the Tax
Office insists this expenditure is "of a private nature"...
TEACHER SALARIES
Reward scheme doomed to failure
SMH, 19 Sep 2011
The Federal government's plan to
pay more to the best teachers will fail, just as the idea has in other
countries countries, writes Dan Haesler...
TEACHER SALARIES
Vic Treasury pushes for higher paid teachers
The Age, 17 Sep 2011
Victoria's Treasury has urged the
premier to boost teacher pay to improve the quality of their education
system ...
SCHOOL STARTING AGE
What is the best age to start school at?
SMH, 17 Sep 2011
Deciding how old a child should
be before starting school is a difficult decision and appears to depend
on the particular child involved ...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Five Tas
schools awarded partnership grants
Tas Govt media release, 16 Sep 2011
Lenah Valley Primary, Kingston
High, Woodbridge School, Northern Support School and Calvin Christian
School have received grants of $25,000 or $50,000 each for community
partnerships...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Concerns over implementation plans for National Curriculum
The Age, 12 Sep 2011
The first four subjects of the
Australian curriculum — English, maths, history and science — will be
mostly rolled out in all schools by the end of 2013...
EDUCATION BUDGET, NAPLAN
Budget cuts hurting students
Michael Ferguson website, 14 Sep 2011
The latest Budget cuts come on
top of the decline in performance by Tasmanian students as shown by the
latest NAPLAN results...
NAPLAN RESULTS
Literacy initiatives under way in Tas
The Mercury, 14 Sep 2011
The Education Department is
acting to help teachers improve student literacy skills, the
Department's secretary, Colin Pettit, said in response to the latest
disappointing NAPLAN results....
SOCIAL MEDIA AND LITERACY
TV linked to reduced attention
New York Times (Blogs), 12 Sep 2011
Children have more difficulty
paying attention after watching fast-paced television programs such as
SpongeBob SquarePants, a study suggests...
SOCIAL MEDIA AND LITERACY
Texting linked to improved literacy
SMH, 12 Sep 2011
University of Tasmania research,
albeit using a relatively small sample, has linked children's texting to
improved literacy...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Not ready for National Curriculum
The Age, 12 Sep 2011
Concerns have been expressed that
teachers are not being prepared adequately for the introduction of the
Australian Curriculum...
HEALTH
Southern Tas
meningococcal death
Tas Govt media release, 11 Sep 2011
A 21-year-old from the Upper
Derwent Valley has died from meningococcal disease...
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Meningococcal disease (Dept of Health website)
MOBILE PHONES
Children
unaware of mobile phone apps costs being added
Tas Govt media release, 11 Sep 2011
Children often do not realise
that playing games downloaded free onto mobile phones are costing real
money on their parents' credit cards, Minister for Consumer Protection
Nick McKim said today...
NAPLAN RESULTS
Tassie students lag behind
The Mercury, 10 Sep 2011
The reading, writing and numeracy
skills of Tasmanian students have dropped...
NAPLAN RESULTS
Teachers need more support
Michael Ferguson website, 9 Sep 2011
In the light of Tasmania's poor
NAPLAN results, opposition education spokesman Michael Ferguson says
Tasmanian teachers need more support...
NAPLAN RESULTS
Tas NAPLAN
results below expectation
Tas Govt media release, 9 Sep 2011
The latest NAPLAN results for
Tasmanian schools did not meet expectations despite the hard work of
teachers and school leaders, Minister for Education and Skills Nick
McKim said today...
NAPLAN TESTING
NAPLAN test change hampers progress reports
Canberra Times, 9 Sep 2011
Changes in the nature of some
NAPLAN tests have have compromised the ability of teachers to reports on
student progress, an ACT principal says...
NAPLAN RESULTS
90pc meet literacy and numeracy standards
Aust Govt media release, 9 Sep 2011
More than 90 per cent of
Australia's students met the minimum standards in the latest NAPLAN
tests...
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SCHOOL CHAPLAINS
McKim
welcomes Garrett's chaplaincy decision
Tas Govt media release, 7 Sep 2011
Education minister Nick McKim has
welcomed today's announcement to extend the
National School
Chaplaincy Program to youth workers...
SCHOOL CHAPLAINS
Chaplain or student welfare worker now
Aust Govt media release, 7 Sep 2011
School communities will be able
to choose either a chaplain or a secular student welfare worker from
next year, federal Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and
Youth Peter Garrett said today...
SCHOOL CHAPLAINS
School chaplaincy program extended to include youth workers
news.com.au, 7 Sep 2011
Schools will be able to choose a
youth worker instead of a school chaplain under changes announced today
by federal Schools Minister Peter Garrett...
OTHER EDUCATION BUDGETS
900 more teachers in NSW budget
ninemsn, 6 Sep 2011
The NSW budget provides for 900
more teachers...
EDUCATION BUDGET
Minister
meets with Public Education Alliance
Tas Govt Media release, 6 Sep 2011
The Minister for Education and
Skills, Nick McKim, had a cordial meeting with the Public Education
Alliance today...
STUDENT ABSENTEEISM
Tas truancy numbers high
The Examiner, 5 Sep 2011
Last year's unexplained absences
averaged five days per student...
FOUR TERM YEAR
Four-term flexibility call from Libs
The Advocate, 5 Sep 2011
The four-term year should be
flexible enough to reduce damage to the tourism industry, opposition
leader and tourism spokesman Will Hodgman says...
WEB SAFETY
Schools not web safe enough
SMH, 5 Sep 2011
Schools may be teaching web
safety but they are not all practising it...
NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Christ removed from National Curriculum
news.com.au, 2 Sep 2011
The new history curriculum will
replace the Christianity-related terms BC and AD with BCE (Before Common
Era) and CE (Common Era)...
EDUCATION FUNDING
Finland seems to do everything so much better
The Conversation, 3 Sep 2011
The Australian school system
would perform better in many, many ways if it followed the example of
Finland, argues David Zyngier...
GONSKI FUNDING REVIEW
Private school fees no guarantee of better education
SMH, 3 Sep 2011
It is not a private school's
operations that gives its students good results but simply that better
schools attract better students, claims one of the reports prepared for
the Gonski review of school funding...
FOUR TERM YEAR
Tourism industry seeks term break change
The Mercury, 3 Sep 2011
Tasmania's tourism industry wants
the 2013 spring term break to commence on 7 October instead of 30
September...
HANDWRITING IN THE COMPUTER AGE
Computer-gen year
12 students practise handwriting for exams
The Age, 2 Sep 2011
Some Victorian students are
putting their keyboards aside to practise handwriting for their
three-hour written exams...
SCHOOL FUNDING
Government betraying private schools
Michael Ferguson website, 1 Sep 2011
The state government is breaking
the funding formula for Catholic and non-government schools, opposition
education spokesman Michael Ferguson says...
LITERACY
Literacy funding found to work
Tas Govt media release, 1 Sep 2011
The Raising the Bar Closing
the Gap primary schools literacy initiative has been evaluated in a
University report,
Advancing Literacy in Tasmanian Primary
Schools ...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Huonville
High redeveloped
Tas Govt media release, 1 Sep 2011
A $2.3 million redevelopment at
Huonville High School has delivered cutting edge facilities for staff
and students, Minister for Education and Skills Nick McKim said today ...
MY SCHOOL WEBSITE
OECD praises Gillard and My School
SMH, 1 Sep 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard
deserves to be recognised for the positive comments made by the OECD
about NAPLAN and the My School website, writes Maralyn Parker...
EDUCATION FUNDING POLICY
Competition disadvantages disadvantaged
SMH, 1 Sep 2011
Policies that lead to competition
between schools have contributed to a downward spiral in standards at
disadvantaged schools, a report says...
EDUCATION FUNDING POLICY
Gonski review suggests funding requirements
The Australian, 1 Sep 2011
Federal school funding should be
based on the cost of educating students to a desired standard, a review
panel head says.
And the research released implies that non-government schools should
enrol struggling students as a funding condition...
EDUCATION FUNDING POLICY
Education reports released
SMH, 1 Sep 2011
FOUR reports into education
funding in Australia released yesterday have left almost completely
untouched the issue of funding levels for independent schools...
STUDENT BEHAVIOUR
Resources call follows alleged bottle assault
The Advocate, 1 Sep 2011
Shadow education minister Michael
Ferguson has said teachers are not getting enough support to address
problem behaviours...
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